aroastrology ✨

I know that desperate times lead to desperate measures but you do not have to resort to home grown abortion. People have died from home abortions. you will have options. please do not formulate your own abortion.

I think this whole “hexing the moon” thing isn’t just a teachable moment to not believe that every spell you hear about can/does work, but also to not instantly believe every priest/devotee in what they say a deity thinks and to even question the messages you receive before you spread them.

From my perspective, the issue blew up not because of the “hex” itself, but because of the idea that various lunar Theoi were upset. Guess what, I too have done dumb shit in magic (attempting unjustified harm against other people) and displeased my gods, receiving punishment via the spell rebounding or other immediate misfortune. The NTRW have been clear that I am forbidden to use my magical knowledge in ways that are not ma’at. The idea that a dumb spell, even a non-functional hex, would rebound is plausible. Any magic practitioner worth their salt knows that magic operates like the rest of life: play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

But the idea that this “hex” was at all a concern for the hellenic or moon-worshiping community, or even society as a whole, is ridiculous. Tell me, how was this divined? Where’s the proof? What reparations did the gods demands? Deities upset enough to desire something from their followers don’t ask for a candle and some well wishes because their feelings were so hurt ;_;, they demand sacrifices while threatening a natural disaster. Or just start with the natural disaster.

If you really work with real spirits and really fuck up, they will not be subtle in their feelings. A friend of mine who failed to tend to her shrine as instructed had the area catch fire. Another friend who did made-up full moon blood magic for funsies spent the next day vomiting and seeing bugs crawling in her peripheral vision. It wouldn’t be “well the Moon’s energy will be weaker for a while,” we would know.

So, if someone is prophesying impending disaster, should you believe them? If they’re online, I lean “no” with how many lies are on here. If they have a strong history of receiving correct omens from the gods, then maybe you can heed what they say, but I would still encourage skepticism. If you’re a good diviner yourself, use your skills to verify it before believing.

Now, what if you’re a devotee or diviner and you receive a message for the wider community? Question it. Double-check it. Triple-check it. Some easy ways are:

Divine via a second means and confirm you get the same message

Ask another skilled diviner to divine on the matter and confirm you get the same message

Ask the divine for an irrefutable physical sign of confirmation

If you get a message via vision, look/ask for a fact about the spirit or their culture that you didn’t previously know

The last one I use constantly in every vision message I get. I don’t trust a vision unless I can verify the “sender.” I’ve learned lots of things in visions. (Maltese dogs were kept in ancient Egypt, Callisto was turned into Ursa Major, sea nymphs ride sea serpents, to name a few) Look for something out of place like “Why is an X here?” or “Why is Y the one giving this message?” and see if it clicks into place through research. If the deity uses a word in their native language, look up what it means, or you can ask for a relevant word or phrase in their native language. 

Obviously, someone with decades of experience may not need any confirmation or double-checking, but I’ve seen people get in way too deep on false prophesies before they learn discernment.

If all signs point to this being a real message from a valid source, then raise alarms about it. Detail what proof you have and can share.

I've seen on this website more than once users posting frustrations around not being able to fully astral project. I wanted to touch on this as someone who has been taught since childhood, practiced, and mastered the Kundalini Awakening method to attain astral projection for over a decade.

What is astral projection, really?

Astral projection is the state that is entered when your conscious and unconscious mind meet. It's the plane between wake and sleep. When you dream, your pineal gland releases N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Of course the amount that is released is extremely microscopic, but this is how you are able to experience sensory stimulation within dreams. The idea behind astral projection is being able to harness and control your pineal gland, and willingly entering a half dream state. It's similar to lucid dreaming, the difference being rather than entering a dream and controlling your actions within, with astral projection you are still in the waking world, but your astral body is able to move freely within it without your physical body.

Astral projection is something that can take years to master. There are also hundreds of different methods to enter this state. It took years of mastering many different forms of meditation as a young child before the first time I was able to successfully astral project. Before you try to jump to such advanced meditation, be sure that you are comfortable and have reached a mastery level of different types of meditation. Everything from daily transcendental meditation, to weekly deep state meditation. I'm talking about hours long sessions here.

So, what are the risks?

Now into the warnings regarding such advanced meditation, especially for beginners, and ESPECIALLY for those with mental health problems. Meditation is a form of mindfulness. Mindfulness, especially deep mindfulness, have been known to actually have negative effects on those with certain mental health issues.

For those with post traumatic stress disorder, and particularly those who experience dissociation, deep state meditation can be extremely detrimental. If you aren't fully aware of what you're doing and your own boundaries, your mind can wander during these very fragile trance states. This can lead to re-traumatization, can trigger unpleasant sensory hallucinations, and can encourage deep dissociated states that can reverse healing steps.

When you hear warnings around things like deep meditation, including astral projection, often the idea behind why it is "dangerous" is because your soul may become trapped. These are very real dangers, but most beginners won't get to a state that deep their first few tries. Even for myself, I will still have plenty of failed sessions. The real danger to your psyche, and your mental wellbeing beyond your psychic shield, comes from the journey to get into deep trances.

Tread lightly, be at peace, and know your limits and mastery levels. If astral projection just isn't working for you, there's probably a reason for that. There are countless other ways to feel the power of your mind via chakra based meditation and even daily positive affirmations.

✨💫🌙LUCID DREAMING TIPS BY A WITCH/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT🌙💫✨

On becoming lucid:

💫keep a dream journal. This one is at least 80% of what’s going to get you to achieve lucid dreams. Record every dream you have when you wake up, and read over all your dreams at the end of each week. Find patterns, know your dreams inside out.

💫reality checks. Ask yourself throughout the day “am I dreaming?” Find something that taps you into reality, maybe one of your tattoos or a piece of jewelry you wear daily. Ask yourself if you’re dreaming, check if it’s there, then assess that you are awake. Eventually you will do this in your dreams, and you will become lucid.

💫meditation. This will increase your attention and focus and help you better tap into your subconscious. You will also achieve deeper sleep, which means better, longer R.E.M. Cycles.

💫wake yourself up. If you can’t remember your dreams, or you’ve been trying these tips for longer than a month with no success, you may need to interrupt your R.E.M. cycle. Set an alarm for the middle of the night or early in the morning. Just make sure you’ve been sleeping for at least 4 hrs before the alarm goes off. Record your dream when you wake up. It will be clearer in your mind because you will not have passed your R.E.M. cycle. Immediately go back to sleep. Try to visualize a scene as you fall back to sleep. Imagine yourself dreaming. You will be more likely to become lucid after a R.E.M. interruption.

Witchcraft for lucidity:

🌙mugwort(ingested through tea or used in spells)

🌙chamomile

🌙amethyst

🌙lavender

🌙rosemary

On staying lucid:

✨calm down. When you become lucid, your subconscious self will probably start freaking out a bit. Try your best to calm yourself. Breath. Say to yourself “I am safe. I am in control of this dream,” until your anxieties leave you.

✨spin. If you feel yourself waking up as soon as you become lucid(very common), try to spin your body around. Twirl in a circle or jump really high. Do some erratic movement and it will ground you in the dream.

Sweet dreams! 🌙💫✨

Not that I think any of you are gonna buy Gwyneth Paltrow’s shitty water bottle with a rock glued to the bottom, but this is just a reminder that there’s virtually no ethical crystal mining and that even if rocks can hold metaphysical and magical powers, the ones you buy for $1.50 from the New Age shop down the street would probably still be so poisoned from exploited and dying workers that they’d do more harm than good.

Hey y’all!! I’m offering tarot and oracle readings to help earn some money to fund my degree! I’m also offering art commissions and editing services, also linked below.

For $3, I will do a reading of 3 cards and under, and provide an overall summary of the message.

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If you would like an individual breakdown of each card in the reading, it will cost $0.50 for each card. I will provide a list of the cards and their placements beforehand so you can choose which ones you would like more detailed elaboration on. 

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Oranges are associated with the sun for obvious reasons. The Hesperides, spirits of sunset and evening, tended to Hera’s golden apples.

When my grandmother was young oranges weren’t so easy to come by, and were often gifted to children as treats on Christmas day.

It’s also not uncommon to see oranges used in decorations for winter solstice festivals, in various traditions.

The Hellenic name for the solstice festival is Heliogenna. The birth of the sun. One traditional decoration is oranges sliced into solar discs and hung like so. They’ll air dry naturally over the next few days.

I sliced them and ran a needle and thread through them, unspooling thread as I pulled each one from the bunch. The ends of the oranges went into a pot of water with cinnamon and clove, which is currently steaming on the stove and the whole house smells like holiday desserts.

What is an Altar?

Altars are a hub of your magickal energy. A lot of witches perform spells there, seeing it as a source of valuable energy. It is also a place of worship if you have patron deities. For worshippers, this is where you would communicate and give offerings to said deities. This is also a wonderful space to charge and store your magickal tools. Altars are not a witchcraft-specific object, either- most christian churches have Altars dedicated to Jesus Christ as well!

What can be considered an Altar?

Anything that you use for any of the above can be considered an Altar. I use a bookcase as an altar but it can be anything from a table to an entire room to something as small as a suitcase or even an altoid can- something used commonly among closeted witches as it is not easily found or recognized by loved ones who might be so pleased with the concept of Witchcraft.

How do I decorate my Altar?

You can decorate it in any way you like! An altar, like the Craft in itself, is an extremely personal concept. However, here are various common ways I have seen some being decorated:

To honor their ancestors

To celebrate the seasons

To celebrate holidays such as Ostara or Yule

To honor their deities

Minimalist, having only their supplies and tools with it

Here are some ideas for each one one of these examples on the above list:

To Honor Your Ancestors 

Give Offerings of their favorite foods 

Decorate it in their favorite colors

 Have pictures of them on it 

Leave letters addressed to them on the Altar, sending your love and appreciation to them wherever they may be in the afterlife.

To Celebrate the Seasons 

Spring- decorate in bright colors such as yellow and pinks; regularly have flowers (real or fake) on or near it; dedicate your Altar to your patron fertility/life/nature deity 

Summer- decorate in bold colors such as reds and greens; leave plants such as cacti or produce plants like tomato plants on or near it; leave offerings of fresh (preferably local and in-season) plants on it; dedicate your Altar to your patron god of passion/sun/hard-work 

Fall- decorate in muted and comforting colors such as browns and oranges; leave offerings of wheat/cinnamon/squash; leave a small letter addressed to your late loved ones in this time of thinned veil; dedicated your Altar to your patron god of harvest. 

Winter- decorate in colors such as whites or blues or even black; leave sprigs of evergreen tree needles or cones near or on it; dedicate it to your patron god of death or life cycles

To Celebrate the Holidays 

Samhain- In this time of the thinnest veil, you would want to decorate your altar in a way similar to the way you would in honor of your ancestors. See above for ideas regarding that. 

Yule- Leave an (artificial) burning yule log on it, have sun imagery to celebrate the return of the sun 

Imbolc- Leave a burning candle (or an artificial candle on) on your altar all day; decorate with a bundle of wheat, a pomegranate, or other symbolism of fertility 

Ostara- Decorate with jasper or incense for jasmine or any other floral scent; leave offerings of food; if possible, move it in front of the sun

Beltane- Decorate with phallic decorations; leave items on it that bring great joy to your life, leave a candle of an earthy smell burning 

Litha- Decorate with imagery of the moon to welcome the growing darkness; leave it in dark colors for the same reason; similar to Imbolc, display symbols of fertility 

Lammas- Decorate in Fall-themed colors; Leave an offering of (preferably home-made) bread 

Mabon- Decorate your Altar in items and symbols of things that you are grateful for; leave a letter of thanks to your deity; cover in colors of transition such as orange-red, grays, blue-green, etc.

To Honor your Deities 

Cover your altar in their patron colors

 Display symbolism of their domain (for ex. A bowl of salt-water if they are over the Sea)

If their worship permits, display a portrait or artistic rendition of them! Feel free to do this yourself, no matter how you gauge your artistic abilities. I’ve even seen people represent gods with dressed-up dolls or barbies 

Light an incense in a smell that reminds you of them

The Minimalist Approach 

Typically these kinds of altars hold simply the tools of the trade and representations of the elements (none of this is mandatory ever and you should follow your gut with what is necessary for you): 

Incense to represent air 

Candles or light to represent fire 

A bowl of water to represent… well… water 

A bowl of salt to represent Earth 

Athame 

Candles 

Crystals

Wand

Hey Guys! I made some more printable reference sheets for y’all! You can download them along with my other reference sheets and printables here. Feel free to request printables and reference sheets as I am always looking for ideas to create more!! Also! Feel free to share Altar tips and decorating ideas on this post ^_^

I made more printables!! In this case, it is a Spell Worksheet set. In most cases, it is best if, when making spells, you take your time and think them out. For each item or step included, you must think, why? Once the spell is done and you receive results, it is equally if not more important to reflect on them. This is one of the best ways you can learn what works and doesn’t work, thus, helping your growth as a witch.

You can get the PDF along with other resources here!

On that note, if you want to see or request specific worksheets or resources, feel free to send those my way!!

Death + Ace of Cups

Love that lasts a day after forever

Six of Pentacles + Five of Pentacles

Love that asks for nothing in return

Knight of Wands + King of Wands

Love that makes a boy into a man

The Tower + Four of Wands

Love that can withstand any earthquake

Seven of Wands + Knight of Swords

Love that will fight and die for you

Six of Wands + The World

Love that puts you on a pedestal

The Moon + The Sun

Love that consumes you night and day

The Devil + Four of Pentacles

Flaming love that engulfs you

Ace of Cups + Ten of Cups

Love you never have to shed tears for

Two of Cups + The High Priestess

Love you recognize at first sight

Six of Cups + Two of Cups

Friendship that blooms into love

The Hermit + The Fool

Love that outlasts time itself

Death + The Wheel of Fortune

Love that can resurrect a dying soul

Ace of Wands + The Sun

Lust that matures into love

The Hermit + Strength

Love that grows stronger each passing day

Five of Pentacles + Ten of Pentacles

Love that makes lords out of beggars

The Hierophant + Four of Wands